tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post6496846752711045377..comments2023-12-28T02:11:22.501+00:00Comments on The Streatham & Brixton Chess Blog: When we were Kings VITom Chivershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09850710685193416732noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-77616293480312369232010-04-29T19:47:13.922+01:002010-04-29T19:47:13.922+01:00Unfounded perhaps EJH but there's no coverage ...Unfounded perhaps EJH but there's no coverage of the World Championship in The Guardian today. The good news is that amongst the serious newspapers that's very much the exception.Jonathan Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00293162543015231439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-11151005763315596142010-04-29T15:26:01.388+01:002010-04-29T15:26:01.388+01:00Ah, but you may in fact recall that my fears were...Ah, but you may in fact <a href="http://streathambrixtonchess.blogspot.com/2010/03/fiver.html?showComment=1268495289182#c6547405646479887410" rel="nofollow">recall </a> that my fears were unfounded...ejhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01582272075999298935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-30002462986662695542010-04-29T14:31:22.779+01:002010-04-29T14:31:22.779+01:00Btw:
I should have mentioned before that the forma...Btw:<br />I should have mentioned before that the format of the Independent has changed since I wrote the original article. Spess' chess column is still there but the problem of it's location remains.<br /><br />Similarly, there's been a change of staff at the Guardian<br /><br /><a href="http://streathambrixtonchess.blogspot.com/2010/03/ben-clissit-leaves-guardian.html" rel="nofollow">http://streathambrixtonchess.blogspot.com/2010/03/ben-clissit-leaves-guardian.html</a><br /><br />which seems to have led to a change in the reporting of chess. The results from the London Chess Classic were recorded in the sports section of the newspaper but by this year's Linares that seemed to have changed - there was nothing. There was nothing about game 4 of Anand-Topalov in The Guardian of 29/4 either.Jonathan Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00293162543015231439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-930866374877863042010-04-29T09:13:28.687+01:002010-04-29T09:13:28.687+01:00@ Naisortep again:
You're quite right, of cou...@ Naisortep again:<br /><br />You're quite right, of course, to say that the internet has made an incredible difference to coverage of the big events. Now with wireless internet I can follow every move of the world championship without even getting out of bed. That's something I couldn't even have dreamed of when i started playing.<br /><br />The internet is great for us (Phil!) chess players. There's a price to pay though ... and the downside is the disappearance from the game as a mainstream news subject. Not that those two things <b>have</b> to go together.Jonathan Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00293162543015231439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-19545263362819072772010-04-29T08:42:10.272+01:002010-04-29T08:42:10.272+01:00@Naisortep:
It was chess. Fischer was certainly ...@Naisortep:<br /><br />It was chess. Fischer was certainly part of the reason for that but not all ... see the original <a href="http://streathambrixtonchess.blogspot.com/2009/10/when-we-were-kings.html" rel="nofollow">WwwK</a> and come back Friday for a little more on this.<br /><br />@Phil:<br />I rather suspect you've corrected me on this before!Jonathan Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00293162543015231439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-10969604717018938652010-04-29T02:41:05.496+01:002010-04-29T02:41:05.496+01:00Was it chess that was covered more prominently or ...Was it chess that was covered more prominently or Bobby Fischer? <br /><br />Its such a pleasure following the World Championship in the internet age. There is literally too much information. That is much different than it was 20 years ago when I would have to live by a few Newspaper columns and wait for the chess magazines to arrive.Naisortephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15558307655221738077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-69749887199139082342010-04-28T23:47:10.927+01:002010-04-28T23:47:10.927+01:00Grammar corner:
"Specialist chess columns ma...Grammar corner:<br /><br />"Specialist chess columns may be great for we confirmed players"<br /><br />Wince! "for us", please!<br /><br />Good article nevertheless.Phil Adamsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-37297646200438754922010-04-28T18:15:59.630+01:002010-04-28T18:15:59.630+01:00Portsmouth are always bottom in my world.Portsmouth are always bottom in my world.Jonathan Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00293162543015231439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-48112894967906331702010-04-28T11:59:32.999+01:002010-04-28T11:59:32.999+01:00the world was rather different back then
Weren...<i>the world was rather different back then</i><br /><br />Weren't Portsmouth bottom that season?ejhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01582272075999298935noreply@blogger.com